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A word from Richard

Hello everyone.

Well that was a pretty mild Summer wasn’t it? I’m pretty happy we didn’t get any real heat waves.

2018 – Lunar New Year of the Earth Dog - its characteristic word is ACTION! So let’s all keep positive and make positive steps forward.

The Chinese Horoscope 2018 predicts that this year of the Brown Earth Dog is going to be a good year in all respects, but it will also be an exhausting year. You will be happy, yet frustrated, rested, yet tired, cheerful, yet dull! Planning, postponing and negligence are words you will need to remove from your vocabulary during this year. Refreshed and regenerated, the Dog will accelerate the initiation of all things, but this will bring, in the same time, pressure and stress in the everyday life.

So unfortunately I am selling my Harley! I hardly ever ride it anyway. So if you or anyone you know if looking for a really nice Heritage Softail Harley Davidson then please touch base ASAP as it is being listed as soon as I finish polishing her all up again. It rides like a dream and sounds like a thumping monster.

What’s news on the Forrestfield Train Link Project? Not a lot really. It is a working progress and the TBM’s are tunnelling like crazy and it is such a fantastic engineering feat to be a part of. I so can’t wait for the next few months to pass (I would never normally say that but!!!) so that the developers have a plan to go forward on and can then work on buy out options for us. Oh well all good comes to those that can wait.

How’s business for you? The economy is showing signs of improvement and we’re still ticking over new clients on a daily basis with the odd big one in the mix so we’re keeping positive for all. It’s so important to support local businesses through these tough times and let me add that if you’re not using West Coast Water Filter Man then you may not have the best that’s available to you and worse still, you may unknowingly be supporting the massive foreign investment company that is pushing hard here in Perth. We’ll do what it takes to have your business so call now. Ask for Richard if you want best advice.

So take care. Keep hydrated and remember; You either use a water filter or your body is one!

Richard Scholes

Director

West Coast Water Filter Man

Tiny membrane key to safe drinking water.

Sydney's iconic harbour has played a starring role in the development of new CSIRO technology that could save lives around the world.

Using their own specially designed form of graphene, 'Graphair', CSIRO scientists have supercharged water purification, making it simpler, more effective and quicker. The new filtering technique is so effective, water samples from Sydney Harbour were safe to drink after passing through the filter.

The breakthrough research was published today in Nature Communications. "Almost a third of the world's population, some 2.1 billion people, don't have clean and safe drinking water," the paper's lead author, CSIRO scientist Dr Dong Han Seo said.

"As a result, millions -- mostly children -- die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene every year". "In Graphair we've found a perfect filter for water purification. It can replace the complex, time consuming and multi-stage processes currently needed with a single step."

While graphene is the world's strongest material and can be just a single carbon atom thin, it is usually water repellent. Using their Graphair process, CSIRO researchers were able to create a film with microscopic nano-channels that let water pass through, but stop pollutants.

Water facts

Lake Argyle.

This is Western Australia's largest and Australia's second largest freshwater man-made reservoir by volume. The reservoir is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme and is located near the East Kimberley town of Kununurra. The lake flooded large parts of the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley on the Kimberley Plateau about 80 kilometres inland from the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, close to the border with the Northern Territory.

The primary inflow is the Ord River, while the Bow River and many other smaller creeks also flow into the dam. The lake is a DIWA-listed wetland. As it is the largest lake in northern Australia and an excellent example of a man-made lake. Additionally Lake Argyle, along with Lake Kununurra, are recognised as a Ramsar protected wetlands and were listed in 1990 as Australian Site Number 32.

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Community support

The Salvation Army's Christmas Appeal

The Bikers Charity Ride are " doing it for the kids" in the annual Perth Teddy bears' big day out; which raises funds for The Salvation Army's Christmas Appeal. Richard loves this yearly ride on his Harley laden with teddy bears. www.salivation.org.au

SIDS and Kids

Anglicare WA

Anglicare WA is a not for profit community services agency. They provide 57 services from 35 locations across the state. The West Coast Water Filter Man is proud to help and sponsor the Anglicare Knit in Day. www.anglicarewa.org.au